In a rare interview Burial says the new album, ‘Untrue’ has a more glowy buzz to it. Interviewer & mentor Kode 9 describes it as having a “downcast euphoria” – a very appropriate description I think.
On the cool-o-meter the reclusive figurehead of Dubstep rates pretty high. He justifies his anonymity by saying:
“I like Underground tunes that are true and mongrel ……..Underground music should have its back turned, it needs to be gone, untrackable, unreadable, just a distant light“.
‘Untrue’ certainly has what must be the coolest cover art of the year – an intriguing figure that looks like a moody alien sitting in a sparse cafe.
Personally, I don’t hear much of a glow to ‘Untrue’ but it is no less spectacular for all that.
As on his marvellous debut, the beats here are dense and oppressive. This makes it pretty heavy to take in one go, even for someone who probably listens to more melancholy music than is good for me. It conjures up a Bladerunner-like cityscape and, just as in that movie, there is an overriding sense of threat.
It’s a remarkable sound but also bleak and disconcerting.
